Curtain construction



Jan. 19, 1932. w. s. HAMM CURTAIN CONSTRUCTION Filed March 10, 1930 Patented Jan. 19, 1932 UETED WILLIAM S. HAMM, OF ELKHART, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADLAKE' COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS CURTAIN CONSTRUCTION Application filed March 10, 1930. Serial No. 434,511.

This invention has to do with the Window ains which used in automobiles, and iarticularly concerned with the so-called us which are enclosed in the hems in of the curtains for coaction ly extending guide cords orte sides of the window openings.

Heretofore, i

t has been the practice to emplcv wooden st s as the battens, and fasten o'- nary screw ey s in the ends of the sticks and thread the guide cords through the eyes, but u h battens give the lower edges of the ther bulky appearance, and are y dur his, since the sticks will split easily at the locations of the screw eyes when jerked, and the screw eyes will loosen up and come out.

The primary object or" this invention is to be made up inexpensively and is 1 not open to any of the above mentioned objc-ctions.

()ther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art upon a full understanding of the nature of the improvement.

fine form of the invention is presented herein for the purpose of exempiiiicaticn, but it will of course be appreciated that the invention is susceptible of embodiment in other siightl modified structural -iorms coming equally within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

1 is an inside View of an automobile window, showing the improved batten;

Fig. 2 is an enlargement of a portion of Figv 1, showing in detail the manner in which tie batten is associated with the curtain and the guide cords;

F g. 3 is a side View of one end of the batten; and

Fig. l is a top view of one end of the batten.

The improved batten, which is adapted to be enclosed within a hem 10 formed along the lower edge or the curtain, consists of a one-piece metal rod 11 which isiiattened out and pierced at its ends 12 and 13 to provide circular eyelets in the same plane for the reception of the guide cords 14 and 15. The eyelets are made suiiiciently large to accommodate the cords without being too large to pass through the hem at the time of insertion.

The batten can be manufactured very cheaply; roquires no assembling prior to or insertion in the hem; and is practicalindestructible since it will bend considerably before actually breaking and may be easily straightened by hand if bent.

I claim:

In automobile window curtain construction, the combination with a vertically movable soft fabric curtain having a narrow hem at the bottom thereof, and vertically disposed guide cords at the sides of the curtain in the plane of the same, of a substantially round one-piece metal rod supported in the hem of the curtain with the ends of the rod projecting from the ends of the hem into engagement with the cords, said rod ends being flattened and widened out in a horizontal plane to a greater width than the diameter of the rod and being provided with circular roundedged apertures for frictionless sliding coaction with the cords.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM S. HAMM. 

